A researcher wanted to know whether contracting out government services improves municipal efficiency. The political party in charge is unrelated to its government’s efficiency but strongly correlated with contracting out. If political party were added as a control variable in this model, the standard error would most likely . . .
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain the same
D. Impossible to say
A. Increase
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military reality demonstrated clearly that such a path was self-destructive." This statement takes a(n) _____ approach to explaining World War II. a. ideational b. institutional c. psychological d. realist
There is now general consensus that ethics and morality play an important part in international relations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
During the Cold War, the UN was ineffective as both the United States and the Soviet Union used it as a foreign policy tool
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
An agency directly involved in administering monetary policy is the
a. Federal Reserve Board. b. General Accounting Office. c. Office of Management and Budget. d. none of the above.